Workday Software Development Engineering reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(102 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

100% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Workday with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 102 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Workday is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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102 reviews
5.0
7 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great product, good colleagues, nice culture, moving away from static tools to exploring new technologies and adapting, nice facilities and infrastructure, competitive pay and great benefits

Cons

Tightly coupled services, too many requests to be raised for access etc, team spread across regions to collaborate

2.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- good benefits - great time off (5 weeks + thankyou days)

Cons

- proprietary language - culture is extremely team dependent - budget cuts - recognition + promotions hard to come by

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Workday Response
1w
Thank you for sharing this feedback. We recommend having a candid discussion on this topic with your People Leader in an upcoming one-on-one meeting to better understand your compensation alignment and how this ties to performance. If you are looking for alternative avenues to raise these concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to our Employee Relations mailer (employee.relations@workday.com) or our SpeakUp reporting hotline (which allows reporters to remain anonymous).
4.0
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great benefits - Great work life balance - Great culture and people to work with

Cons

- Set structures - Low comp compared to other big software giants

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Workday Response
3w
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We have always strived to put our Workmates at the center of everything we do. Because taking care of Workmates is one of our core values, this feedback is gratefully received. We appreciate it.
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